High mileage or a high-performance camshaft swap: Those are the top two reported reasons for LS rocker-arm failure. The symptoms are a miss with a ticking sound coming from the valve cover or needle ...

Late-model engines have spoiled us. The LS-series engines are so well engineered that many car crafters consider them indestructible, which isn't exactly the case. But there is something to be said ...

Any gearhead worth his or her salt knows that whether it's a SOHC, DOHC, or OHV engine, the camshaft is considered the brain of a four-cycle internal combustion power plant. The camshaft's profile ...

Compared to the old, stock Gen I/LT1/LT4 small-block valvetrains, the LS engines are head and shoulders above their ancestors when it comes to factory equipment. Where the old engines (except the LT4) ...